WI: Nintendo Enters PC Gaming in 1990?

The Gamer Sunflower · Dec 19, 2018

Okay, I first saw this: https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...d-keyboards-nintendo-enters-pc-gaming.271798/ and i thought it was interesting.
I Wonder what happened if ID Software approached Nintendo in 1990 about Super Mario Bros. 3 on PC but then Nintendo declined in our world. but what if Nintendo never Declined?
How it would be possible if Nintendo did accept ID Software's Offer?

Nivek · Dec 19, 2018

Well, there SMB3 and that Will be huge, there nintendo own backlog(Zelda, Metroid,etc) later on...staged PC releases?( Even OTL Sega release PC games too?) Might nintendo looks for PC makers( 3Dfx, Nvidia, Ati/AMD) for SNES sucessor.

How is PC world without Doom too?

The Gamer Sunflower · Dec 19, 2018

Nivek said:
Well, there SMB3 and that Will be huge, there nintendo own backlog(Zelda, Metroid,etc) later on...staged PC releases?( Even OTL Sega release PC games too?) Might nintendo looks for PC makers( 3Dfx, Nvidia, Ati/AMD) for SNES sucessor.

How is PC world without Doom too?

Let me guess: PC Gaming would be limited even if Nintendo did join the PC Gaming. so SEGA Would probably release their games on PC Gaming later?

Nivek · Dec 19, 2018

President Sunflower said:
Let me guess: PC Gaming would be limited even if Nintendo did join the PC Gaming. so SEGA Would probably release their games on PC Gaming later?

PC gaming for me was always a world appart but this butterfly changes everything, when people would double dip for Mario not problem, long term is massive. No wolfstein, no Doom and delayed to much different FPS revolution, as Say before not would be weird if Sega launch their own PC games year early OTL.

There other butterflies, in Japan PC gaming was fragmented, collapse and become visual novel and strategy games dominated, now some gaijins with nintendo bring Mario to IBM clones PC...that Will be something for Japan own PC gaming too

marathag · Dec 19, 2018

Nivek said:
PC gaming for me was always a world appart but this butterfly changes everything, when people would double dip for Mario not problem, long term is massive. No wolfstein, no Doom and delayed to much different FPS revolution, as Say before not would be weird if Sega launch their own PC games year early OTL.

Not seeing this knocking out Id Software, as they wanted to do more than just Side Scrollers, as shown by Wolfenstein.

A deal with Nintendo just gives them more $$$ to do their simulated 3D FPS at Id, and now seen as a 'real' company, may not popularize the shareware method of distribution that Apogee first popularized

Nivek · Dec 20, 2018

marathag said:
Not seeing this knocking out Id Software, as they wanted to do more than just Side Scrollers, as shown by Wolfenstein.

A deal with Nintendo just gives them more $$$ to do their simulated 3D FPS at Id, and now seen as a 'real' company, may not popularize the shareware method of distribution that Apogee first popularized

Still nintendo would employ them as a western HAL? OTL SNES got wolfstein So porting it to SNES is pausable and yeah after getting used to nintendo distribution channels, shareware is too easy.

Hulkster'01 · Dec 20, 2018

Well I know one thing, we'd be playing NES and SNES roms legally on our PCs instead of downloading it from a rom site

Nivek · Dec 21, 2018

Hulkster'01 said:
Well I know one thing, we'd be playing NES and SNES roms legally on our PCs instead of downloading it from a rom site

Those are not roms, were full conversion, so would be legacy software nintendo would relauch forever.

The Gamer Sunflower · Dec 22, 2018

Yeah. how would Pokemon and other nintendo franchises entering PC Gaming now?

Nivek · Dec 22, 2018

President Sunflower said:
Yeah. how would Pokemon and other nintendo franchises entering PC Gaming now?

Pokémon born in gameboy as a portable game, i could imagine a Pokémon stadium to play with your GB Pokémon online but handled were their world appart

Theoretical_TJ · Dec 22, 2018

Here's an interesting wrinkle that's probably a terrible idea, but what if Nintendo's games are Mac only, as a platform approach, given the Macs closed architecture? If you get some really popular titles over to the Mac, do you get a divergence in the gaming market?

connorCD · Dec 22, 2018

They did have a collaboration with Hudson at one point to port some of Nintendo's games on PC around the mid 80's. however, It was only in japan and there were only a few games released.

Nivek · Dec 22, 2018

Theoretical_TJ said:
Here's an interesting wrinkle that's probably a terrible idea, but what if Nintendo's games are Mac only, as a platform approach, given the Macs closed architecture? If you get some really popular titles over to the Mac, do you get a divergence in the gaming market?

Well id was working with IBM PC standard but mac port are possible.

connorCD said:
They did have a collaboration with Hudson at one point to port some of Nintendo's games on PC around the mid 80's. however, It was only in japan and there were only a few games released.

i remember those one...i think that was why nintendo might have declined as those game barely matter.

marathag · Dec 22, 2018

Theoretical_TJ said:
Here's an interesting wrinkle that's probably a terrible idea, but what if Nintendo's games are Mac only, as a platform approach, given the Macs closed architecture? If you get some really popular titles over to the Mac, do you get a divergence in the gaming market?

Macs were too expensive for deep market penetration vs the PC.
Not even the cheaper(and Better) Amigas and Atari STs succeeded against the PC, and they were with far better in graphics and sound. early/mid '90s Macs wouldn't have a chance. Nintendo ported games to the Mac wouldn't be a killer app. Quadras were just too expensive, around $5000